1st Edition
Contemporary Economic Sociology Globalization, Production, Inequality
By Fran Tonkiss
Copyright 2006
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Contemporary Economic Sociology closely examines critical and contemporary issues in the sociology of economic life.
Bringing together a range of theoretical perspectives, Fran Tonkiss examines major shifts in the organization of economy and society - from the politics of globalization to the cultural economy, social exclusion and the 'end' of class. This new volume is... Read more
Part 1. Globalisation 1. Capitalism and Globalisation 2. Globalisation, Politics and Power 3. Challenges to Globalisation Part 2. From Work Society to Consumer Society 4. Post-Fordism and Post-Industrialism 5. Culture Society and the Economy of Signs Part 3. Inequality 'After' Class 6. Class and Status: Changing Economic Identities 7. Social and Economic Exclusion
Biography
Fran Tonkiss is Lecturer in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Space, the City and Social Theory (Polity, 2005), the co-author of Market Society (Polity, 2001), and the co-editor of Trust and Civil Society (Macmillan, 2000).
